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.. NITED STATES JAMES s. MOILHENNY AND JosEPn o. DAVISON, on WASHINGTON, DISTRICT 'oF COLUMBIA.

SAFETY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,419, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed April 12, 1890. Serial No. 347,640. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES S. MCILHENNY and J OSEPH C. DAVISON, citizens of the United States, residing at Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art xo to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to that class of devices which are used to hold and drain hollow ware, particularly tumblers, graduates,

I 5 and glasses of all kinds that are in common use in such places as drug store soda-water stands and saloons or bar-rooms. As is well known, the breakage of tumblers, &c., in places of the kind just referred to is enormous as compared with the stock in use. The breakage is due to many causes, the principle one being the placing of the glasses or graduates upon the draining-boards and their removal from the same, the breakage usually being caused by hitting one glass against another.

The object of our invention is to provide means for obviating as far as possible danger of breakage; and to that end the nature of the invention consists of constructions and 0 combinations, all as will hereinafter be described in the specification, and pointed out in the claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a rack having our com- 5 bined holder and drainer secured thereto; Fig. 2, a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation showing a holder made of a continuous piece; Fig. t, a modification in elevation, showing the holder made of two'pegs 40 or pins; and Fig. 5, a modification in elevat-ion, partlyin section, showing a pin for holdingsmall glasses.

A representsa rack-frame, which may be of any desired form or configuration and sup- 5 plied with any well-known means for securing it to any desired place in a proper or safe manner.

A are the holders, of any suitable material, secured to the rack-frame A in any desired way, preferably by making or forming oblique holes a in the rack and inserting the holders, which are provided with a collar to limit their insertion into the holes a. These holders may be of various forms, but are preferably made V-shaped, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4c. The preferred way is to bend the material in the form of a V and insert the ends of the legs a a into the openings a, or two separated legs K and X may be used by placing them in such position as to form substantially a V. The length and width of this form of holder may be varied at pleasure to suit the different widths and lengths of glasses, graduates, &c. These holders are also given a vertical inclination of any desired degree, that shown, however, being the desirable one for ordinary purposes, as such an angle readily admits of the glass being put on the pins, and at the same time allows the water to drain from the glass. By giving to each holder a V form alarge glass can be readily entered without danger of knocking the rim and can be slid on and off the holder without danger of hitting the glass upon the next holderif onehappens to be thereon. The lateral spread of the V toward the base of the holder also prevents vertical play of the glass. WVhere small graduates or glasses are used, a single leg or pin a may be used.

It is desirable in some cases to cushion the holders, so that when delicate glassware is placed thereon it will have a soft and yielding surface to rest upon. In the form of holders shown I prefer to cover them with a rubber tube a as shown in Figs. 3, 4', and 5, to cover the entire holder. In the holder shown in Fig. 3 the apex is protected by the rubber, which also extends to the rack-frame.

In Fig. 4 the ends of the legs at the upper part of the holder are also cushioned by the o tube. In Fig. 5,however,the pin, in addition to the tube, is provided with a teat a to receive the impact of the bottom of the glass.

If desired, rubber buttons a may be placed on the pins to prevent the rims of the glasses 5 from striking the rack-frame.

The device so far as described is'designed to be used in connection with asink. here the latter is not convenient or the drippings from the glasses isobjectionable, a receptacle ioo A to catch the drippings from the g asses is secured to the bottom or lower part of the face of the rack-frame in any desired manner, and is provided with a nozzle a, to which a rubber tube or other conveying device may be attached.

hat we claim as new is 1. The combination of a rack-frame and the V-shaped holders havinga space between each holder and arranged to receive the tumbler on the apex of the V, the base of which is secured to the rack-frame.

2. The combination of a rack-frame and the V-shaped holders having a space between each holder, and the apex thereof provided 15 with a cushion for the bottom of the tumbler to contact with.

The combination of a rack-frame, the holders covered with rubber, and the buttons at the lower end of the holder, substantially 20 as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of witnesses.

JAMES S. MCILHENNY. JOSEPH C. DAVISON. Witnesses:

GEO. R. BYINGTON, M. HALLECK. 

